The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before. What does it mean? How is this determined? Can the clock be wound back?
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has reset the iconic Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight. For the second consecutive year, it is the closest the world has ever been to global catastrophe. Created in 1947 by a group of researchers that included Albert Einstein and J.
Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation.
The Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which runs the clock, decided to move the clock one second closer to midnight because of climate change, nuclear threats and biological hazards.
The Doomsday Clock is now set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to implosion. The proximity to midnight reflects the scale of escalating
Due to "deeply concerning" world trends, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' said its "Doomsday Clock" is now 89 seconds to midnight.
"The 2025 Clock time signals that the world is on a course of unprecedented risk, and that continuing on the current path is a form of madness," the Bulletin said. "The United States, China, and Russia have the prime responsibility to pull the world back from the brink. The world depends on immediate action."
When making the determination, they ask two questions — is humanity safer or at greater risk than last year, and is humanity safer or at greater risk than when the clock was created.
Iconic Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight as global existential threats rage. Clock factors include nuclear weapons, climate crisis, artificial intelligence, infectious diseases, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before. What does it mean? How is this determined? Can the clock be wound back?
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of humanity’s proximity to global catastrophe, has been set at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been. Created in 1947 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,